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Word Portraits of Famous Writers

Word Portraits of Famous Writers

by Mabel E. Wotton

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Editor
Wotton, Mabel E. (Mabel Emily), 1863-1927
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E-text prepared by David E. Brown and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team ( www.pgdp.net) from page images generously made available by Internet Archive ( archive.org)
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English
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PR: Language and Literatures: English literature
Subject
Authors, English -- Biography
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eBook-No.
56166
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Release Date
December 11, 2017
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Public domain in the USA.

Contents

  1. 1.WORD PORTRAITS OF FAMOUS WRITERS
  2. 2.INTRODUCTION
  3. 3.CONTENTS
  4. 4.JOSEPH ADDISON 1672-1719
  5. 5.HARRISON AINSWORTH 1805-1882
  6. 6.JANE AUSTEN 1775-1817
  7. 7.FRANCIS, LORD BACON 1560-1-1626
  8. 8.JOANNA BAILLIE 1762-1851
  9. 9.BENJAMIN, LORD BEACONSFIELD 1804-1881
  10. 10.JEREMY BENTHAM 1748-1832
  11. 11.RICHARD BENTLEY 1662-1742
  12. 12.JAMES BOSWELL 1740-1795
  13. 13.CHARLOTTE BRONTË 1816-1855
  14. 14.HENRY, LORD BROUGHAM 1778-1868
  15. 15.ELIZABETH BARRETT BROWNING 1809-1861
  16. 16.JOHN BUNYAN 1628-1688
  17. 17.EDMUND BURKE 1730-1797
  18. 18.ROBERT BURNS 1759-1796
  19. 19.SAMUEL BUTLER 1612-1680
  20. 20.GEORGE, LORD BYRON 1788-1824
  21. 21.THOMAS CAMPBELL 1777-1844
  22. 22.THOMAS CARLYLE 1795-1881
  23. 23.THOMAS CHATTERTON 1752-1770
  24. 24.GEOFFREY CHAUCER ABOUT 1340-1400
  25. 25.PHILIP, LORD CHESTERFIELD 1694-1773
  26. 26.WILLIAM COBBETT 1762-1835
  27. 27.HARTLEY COLERIDGE 1796-1849
  28. 28.SAMUEL TAYLOR COLERIDGE 1772-1834
  29. 29.WILLIAM COLLINS 1720-1756
  30. 30.WILLIAM COWPER 1731-1800
  31. 31.GEORGE CRABBE 1754-1832
  32. 32.DANIEL DE FOE 1661-1731
  33. 33.CHARLES DICKENS 1812-1870
  34. 34.ISAAC D’ISRAELI 1766-1848
  35. 35.JOHN DRYDEN 1631-1700
  36. 36.MARY ANNE EVANS ( George Eliot ) 1819-1880
  37. 37.HENRY FIELDING 1707-1754
  38. 38.JOHN GAY 1688-1732
  39. 39.EDWARD GIBBON 1737-1794
  40. 40.WILLIAM GODWIN 1756-1836
  41. 41.OLIVER GOLDSMITH 1728-1774
  42. 42.DAVID GRAY 1838-1861
  43. 43.THOMAS GRAY 1716-1771
  44. 44.HENRY HALLAM 1777-1859
  45. 45.WILLIAM HAZLITT 1778-1830
  46. 46.FELICIA HEMANS 1794-1835
  47. 47.JAMES HOGG 1770-1835
  48. 48.THOMAS HOOD 1798-1845
  49. 49.THEODORE HOOK 1788-1841
  50. 50.DAVID HUME 1711-1776
  51. 51.LEIGH HUNT 1784-1859
  52. 52.ELIZABETH INCHBALD 1753-1821
  53. 53.FRANCIS, LORD JEFFREY 1773-1850
  54. 54.DOUGLAS JERROLD 1803-1857
  55. 55.SAMUEL JOHNSON 1709-1784
  56. 56.BEN JONSON 1574-1637
  57. 57.JOHN KEATS 1795-1821
  58. 58.JOHN KEBLE 1792-1866
  59. 59.CHARLES KINGSLEY 1812-1875
  60. 60.CHARLES LAMB 1775-1834
  61. 61.LETITIA ELIZABETH LANDON 1802-1838
  62. 62.WALTER SAVAGE LANDOR 1775-1864
  63. 63.CHARLES LEVER 1806-1872
  64. 64.MATTHEW GREGORY LEWIS 1775-1818
  65. 65.JOHN GIBSON LOCKHART 1794-1854
  66. 66.SIR RICHARD LOVELACE 1618-1658
  67. 67.EDWARD, LORD LYTTON 1803-1873
  68. 68.THOMAS BABINGTON MACAULAY 1800-1859
  69. 69.WILLIAM MAGINN 1793-1842
  70. 70.FRANCIS MAHONY ( Father Prout ) 1805-1866
  71. 71.FREDERICK MARRYAT 1792-1848
  72. 72.HARRIET MARTINEAU 1802-1876
  73. 73.FREDERICK DENISON MAURICE 1805-1872
  74. 74.JOHN MILTON 1608-1674
  75. 75.MARY RUSSELL MITFORD 1786-1855
  76. 76.LADY MARY WORTLEY MONTAGU 1690-1762
  77. 77.THOMAS MOORE 1779-1852
  78. 78.HANNAH MORE 1745-1833
  79. 79.SIR THOMAS MORE 1480-1535
  80. 80.CAROLINE NORTON 1808-1877
  81. 81.THOMAS OTWAY 1651-1685
  82. 82.SAMUEL PEPYS 1632-1703
  83. 83.ALEXANDER POPE 1688-1744
  84. 84.BRYAN WALLER PROCTER 1787-1874
  85. 85.THOMAS DE QUINCEY 1786-1859
  86. 86.ANN RADCLIFFE 1764-1823
  87. 87.SIR WALTER RALEIGH 1552-1618
  88. 88.CHARLES READE 1814-1884
  89. 89.SAMUEL RICHARDSON 1689-1761
  90. 90.SAMUEL ROGERS 1763-1855
  91. 91.DANTE GABRIEL ROSSETTI 1828-1882
  92. 92.RICHARD SAVAGE 1697-1743
  93. 93.SIR WALTER SCOTT 1771-1832
  94. 94.WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE 1564-1616
  95. 95.MARY WOLLSTONECRAFT SHELLEY 1798-1851
  96. 96.PERCY BYSSHE SHELLEY 1792-1822
  97. 97.RICHARD BRINSLEY SHERIDAN 1751-1816
  98. 98.SIR PHILIP SIDNEY 1554-1587-8
  99. 99.HORACE SMITH 1779-1849
  100. 100.SYDNEY SMITH 1771-1845
  101. 101.TOBIAS SMOLLETT 1721-1771
  102. 102.ROBERT SOUTHEY 1774-1843
  103. 103.EDMUND SPENSER 1553-1599
  104. 104.ARTHUR PENRHYN STANLEY 1815-1881
  105. 105.SIR RICHARD STEELE 1671-1729
  106. 106.LAURENCE STERNE 1713-1768
  107. 107.SIR JOHN SUCKLING 1608-1641
  108. 108.JONATHAN SWIFT 1667-1745
  109. 109.WILLIAM MAKEPEACE THACKERAY 1811-1863
  110. 110.JAMES THOMSON 1700-1748
  111. 111.ANTHONY TROLLOPE 1815-1882
  112. 112.EDMUND WALLER 1605-1687
  113. 113.HORACE WALPOLE 1717-1797
  114. 114.IZAAC WALTON 1593-1683
  115. 115.JOHN WILSON 1785-1854
  116. 116.ELLEN WOOD ( Mrs. Henry Wood ) 1814-1887
  117. 117.WILLIAM WORDSWORTH 1770-1850
  118. 118.SIR HENRY WOTTON 1568-1639
  119. 119.RICHARD BENTLEY & SON’S
  120. 120.FOOTNOTES:

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